am I an adict?

since my honey moon is over. i`ve been thinking about my realation with food . before surgery i didn´t believe i had actually had a food adiction i thought i was fat because of genetics or some other reasons but never blamed myself. till now that i`m starting to realize about how is now my relationship with food.
i can diet and excercise pretty well but i cannot allowed myself to cheat if i eat anything out of my plan like some junk food or an extra carb i go crazy and i start eating what ever i want trough all day. and i start over eating healthy the next day.  but this definidly cough my atention lately...is this the same way an alcoholic behave when is been away from drinking for a long than and then when tries some alcohol they can´t control their selfs.??? OMG.... this may sounds silly but i just realized that i do have a problem,  yes after 24 years of my life!!
does someone feels the same weight? can you eat a cookie without cheating the rest of the day? i'm very curious about this. or am i crazy person? lol.

hope u all are doing great.. hugs girlies!!

i am pre-op, but I think I have sort of the same thing, as soon as I start cheating I start giving up little by little, OR if I cheat early in the day I make it a full cheat day or a reaaallly cheaty meal, and then I try to do better a little after. I tend to get more complacent about my diet once I feel better about my appearance too. I need to work on those things and not allow cheating at all in the future. Gotta stick to my rules and respect myself more!

try to work on that before your surgery.!! u are gonna do great!

 I have a problem with binge eating that sounds about the same as you described.  Once I have that first bite of whatever, I can  not control myself and I keep going even though I know I shouldn't.  I don't know why I (or we) do this....if I could just stop it wouldn't be so bad but I have this "What the hell, I just screwed up so might as well keep going" attitude.   Don't worry, it took me 27 years to figure this out but I'm glad I did so I can work to fix it.  

I know it's unrealistic to say I'll never eat certain foods again but I have kept a mental list of certain foods that I just can't have around my house because they are my triggers.  Crackers, pita chips and any sort of pretzel or chip are just a few on the list....I'm a salt/carb binger.  

I don't know if I have any advice except just to be aware if it's certain foods that are setting you off or certain moods or anything that might be the trigger.  But either way, you're not alone with this!!

~Emily~

thanks emily

yeah hun i think we all have an addiction to some extent or on some level!!
I used to just LOVE LOVE LOVE the way food tasted....to the extent that i ate until i was uncomfortable and could hardly breathe! i couldnt just have a bowl of spaghetti, i had to have as much spaghetti that i could get on my large plate and then make sure i could eat some more!! 
some people do that, some people eat to cope with issues in their lives, stress eaters, some eat just because its something to do...too much stuff to list, thats why we WLS peeps really need to be careful with transfer addictions!
and hey its better late than never to realize the issue, at least you are aware and will live your life now taking extra precautions to make sure that we dont fall into the same patterns again!!

just say no to cheat days!! lol lol

aw girl you will love the taste of food again!! hahahaha so be careful.
and thanks!
hugs

so ur only asking the girlies here!!! there are some guys here who can add input. i myself feel like i have an addiction too food. i have to eat healthy all day or else i will eat like **** all day long. it's either one or the other. it's tough but u just have to know how to balance ur eating. more good days then bad is ok. just don't let ur bad days out weigh ur good. just remember this surgery doesnt turn us into perfectly eating human beings, but we can help balance it. our surgery is our tool, and like any tool, it's only as good as the person using it. i know u will figure out ur balance and remain the beautiful person u have become, good luck bonita!!!

aww thanks hick!!!! this is one of the most serious and cute thing u have said 2 me i really appriciated.
good luck 2 you 2 guapo.
bigger hugs.

I am the same exact way. Every time I went on a diet I would eat exactly what I was supposed to but, the minute I ate something I wasn't supposed too it was over.  I eithor eat way unhealthy or way healthy, there is no in between for me. That's what food addiction does to you. When I would diet even if I cheated by taking just one bite of something I would get so mad at myself. I would feel like I ruined my whole diet because of that one bite. Food is EVIL....LOL....